Velocipede



Q J. W. KRUEGER.

VELOGIPEDE. No. 245,840. Patented Aug. 16,1881.

Witness e0: Invan-Zor- UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN W. KRUEGER, OF CINCINNATI, OHIO.

VELOCIPEDE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 245,840, dated August16, 1881,

Application filed January 24, 1881. (N0 model.)

To all whom "it may concern:

Be it known that 1, JOHN W. KRUEGER, of Cincinnati, in the county ofHamilton and State of Ohio, have invented a new and useful Improvementin Combined Hobby-Horse and Velocipede, which improvement is fully setforth in the following specification and accompanying drawings, inwhich- Figure l is a side view, and Fig. 2 a perspective elevation, ofthe frame and propelling mechanism.

The object of my invention is to provide a hobbyhorse with wheels andintermediate gearing connected with treadles for the feet of theoperator, so that a rocking motion will be imparted to the horse, which,being connected with the gearing and cranks of the axle, will propel thevelocipede forward, as will be hereinafter more fully set forth.

In the accompanying drawings, A represents an ordinary toy horse, and BB two arched pieces, somewhat longer than the horse, provided at theforward end with eyes 0, for purposes hereinafter specified, and at therear end with boxings D, through which the rear axle passes. Thesearched pieces are placed parallel with each other under the horse, closeenough to each other to permit the legs of the horse to pass down on theoutside of the arches. At or near the highest point of the front arch isa boxing, E, which receives the horizontal cross-shaft F, which shaftalso passes through the bell-crank levers Gr,whose opposite limbsproject upward and are secured,by means of screws through vtheperforations H, to the under side of the horse, as shown, and rigid armsL L project downward from the ends of the levers G.

On the outer side of the arch, a short distance to the rear of theboxing E, the upper end of the lever J is secured, and the lower end ofthis lever is hinged to the upwardlyprojecting footlever K, the upperend of which is provided with a stirrup for the foot. Midway between theends of the foot-lever K the lower end of the rigid arm L is hingedthereto.

At the point where the arm L is hinged to the lever K theforward end ofa connectingrod, M, is hinged, the rear end of which is attached to oneof the oppositely-disposed cranks, N, on the rear axle, N. The arch onthe rear side is also similarly provided with the arms, levers, andconnecting-rod, except that the upper end of the arm L is secured to theforward end of one of the bell-crank levers, and the rear end of theconnecting-rod M is secured to the crank of the axle opposite to the oneto which the connecting-rod M is secured.

. The forward end of the arch is held together by a cross-piece, O, anda vertical standard, 1?, is journaled centrally in this cross-piece, andprovided at the upper end with arms Q, to the opposite ends of which thestraps R are attached for guiding the velocipede. The lower end of thestandard P is forked, as shown at S, to receive the wheel T. Thismechanism pertainin g to the forward end of the arch is no part of myinvention,and is not therefore shown in detail.

The rear wheels, U, are secured rigidly to the axle N, so as to revolvetherewith.

The operation of the velocipede is as follows: The operator sits in thesaddle, grasps the strap R and places his feet on the stirrups K K. Asshown in Fig. 2, the rear lever, K, is depressed and the front lever, K,elevated. In this position the body of the horse is also thrown forward.Now, by depressing the front lever, K, the connectingrod M draws forwardthe upper crank, N, and at the same time depresses the rearend of thebell-crank levers Gr- The aotion of the foot is then again exerted onthe stirrup K, and so on.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, 1s-

1. In a combined hobby-horse and velocipede, the horse attached to an.arch by means of two bellcrank levers, to give a rocking motion, incombination with arms projecting downward from the bell-crank levers,and connected with foot-levers for rocking the horse, as herein setforth.

2. The arch B, having at its highest point a cross-shaft, F, carryingbell-crank levers G, provided at'the ends with downwardly-projectingrigid arms L L, hinged at their lower ends to foot-levers K K, and alsoto the forward ends of connecting-rods M M, for operating the cranks Nof the rear axle, and hav ing the lower end of the crank-levers K Khinged to the lower ends of swinging levers J on the arch, as and forthe purpose herein set forth.

3. The rocking-horseA,in combination with the arch B, having thefoot-levers K K, bellcrank levers Gr, arms L L, swinging levers J,

connecting rods M M, oppositely disposed eranks,N, and the guidingmechanism, as herein specified.

JOHN W. KRUEGER. Witnesses:

J1 S. ZERBE, O. J BAILEY.

